Image Question with new camera
Mar 3, 2014 17:39:55 #
I'm breaking in a new Nikon D7100 and was shooting everything in site. This picture is nothing special other than I'm trying to figure out the darkness on the door around the windows. The door does not look like that. It should be all white. I was not using a flash. Using a 18mm-140mm lens (18mm focal length). Aperture priority at f20. ISO 640, Shutter 1/30 sec, No EV override.
The D7100 does not have an Optical Low-Pass Filter (OLPF) as do most other DSLRs. Would the absence of low pass filter be causing this effect?
The D7100 does not have an Optical Low-Pass Filter (OLPF) as do most other DSLRs. Would the absence of low pass filter be causing this effect?
Mar 3, 2014 17:44:35 #
Hi. Try a different setting & try it on full auto to see if there is much difference.
Mar 3, 2014 17:56:16 #
photon56 wrote:
I'm breaking in a new Nikon D7100 and was shooting... (show quote)
Don't know what's happening to your photo but I see you have the same light fixture as I do! :)
Mar 3, 2014 18:04:40 #
Not an unusual situation.
First, the meter is reading the bright light coming through the windows. To make a normal exposure, the image is darkened.
The other thing going on is that your meter can be fooled by the white in the door. It adjusts for an 18 percent gray. The cure would be to increase the exposure, but this would tend to blow out the window.
The general guideling for shooting snow is to increase exposure - you have a great deal of white behind the glass.
Someone may suggest an HDR.
In either event, it is an exposure problem.
First, the meter is reading the bright light coming through the windows. To make a normal exposure, the image is darkened.
The other thing going on is that your meter can be fooled by the white in the door. It adjusts for an 18 percent gray. The cure would be to increase the exposure, but this would tend to blow out the window.
The general guideling for shooting snow is to increase exposure - you have a great deal of white behind the glass.
Someone may suggest an HDR.
In either event, it is an exposure problem.
Mar 3, 2014 18:07:53 #
photon56 wrote:
I'm breaking in a new Nikon D7100 and was shooting... (show quote)
I don't think the absence of the low pass filter is the problem here. I think it is because the camera's meter was exposing on the average of the outside light level and the inside light level resulting in an underexposed inside picture.
Mar 3, 2014 18:24:32 #
It is the exposure that is causing this. If you use a flash, the dark area around the windows will probably disappear. However, you will probably lose the outside view, unless you know how to set the exposure on your camera.
Cameras can not see light and dark the way our eyes can because they don't have the dynamic range. Our eyes and brain compensate, a camera can not.
Cameras can not see light and dark the way our eyes can because they don't have the dynamic range. Our eyes and brain compensate, a camera can not.
Mar 3, 2014 18:50:50 #
rabsmostwanted wrote:
Hi. Try a different setting & try it on full auto to see if there is much difference.
Ok. It was the HDR setting, I had it set to the highest setting. So, went back and shot with and without the HDR setting.
The first pic is without HDR. With the second pic, I was able to reproduce the same result with hi HDR.
Thanks for your post and everyone else that replied. The common theme was an exposure problem.
without HDR
With HDR
Mar 6, 2014 07:56:24 #
A fast exposure you can get away with, but sometimes with a slow exposure the police catch you lol!
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